r/interesting • • Aug 20 '26

Additional Context Pinned Hit and run gone wrong

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u/DaddysABadGirl Aug 20 '26

So many questions.

Like how is she more afraid of mean grandma than jail? How does she have such a mean grandma but still grow into... that?

Was she raised by a parent or parents who just ruined her then went to live with grandma?

Why do people in these situations not realize the person recording has your face, voice, and plates?

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u/TriPigeon Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

What we’re seeing here is someone having a complex trauma response: someone who is more scared of her Grandma (who she likely lives with), or another member of the household, than she is of the actual police.

This isn’t a normal freak out and panic, I agree that someone ruined her, but it was probably through abuse.

Edit: now that we have full Unicourt Records, it appears that ‘intoxicated and freaking out’ is actually the underlying culprit here. It’s shocking how similar the behavior looks, and hopefully she’s gotten help in the last couple years since her last struggles with the law.

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u/pythonidaae Aug 20 '26

Yes I have cptsd and was able to spot it exactly. People REALLY don't understand how mean her grandma is. This isn't an excuse but I think you have to have cptsd or know about it to "understand" what is going on. I've had years of therapy so I'm not that person anymore but I could have been if I was caught on film younger or caught on film even now but I'd never gone to therapy.

Anyway yeah she's either always this way because of her PTSD or she's being triggered back to being that young. Like another comment said.

She's not behaving rationally and it's not acceptable to drive off like this but it's "understandable" if you can recognize she's having a PTSD breakdown.

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u/acrazyguy Aug 21 '26

“I was able to spot it exactly” with over 100 upvotes and 2 awards and she was actually just on drugs. Lmao reddit be redditing

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u/pythonidaae Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

It's possible to also be on drugs and have PTSD. I really didn't care whether she was or wasn't on drugs. I never argued she wasnt on drugs.

Drugs would just make whatever mental health issue worse and I don't think drugs alone would cause someone to go my grandma is meannnn like a child would. I've done almost everything but heroin at some point in my life and they don't make people go "but my grandma!!!". That's PTSD-like, or a personality disorder if that's crocodile tears. Even if she specifically doesn't have PTSD, it looks like what a PTSD response could be.

They're not going to release on her police statement whether she does or doesn't have that and a lawyer and judge really wouldn't care. It might influence if she gets mandatory counseling and that's about it. It doesn't change what she did or make it acceptable, and that's all a judge needs to consider.

And whether she does or doesn't have that, it doesn't make her behavior okay. It's very immature and very irresponsible. I'd never date or be friends with someone who behaves that way (unless they knew it was bad and were actively in therapy to minimize it). I'd drop anyone who was unable to change from that. If I was a judge I'd have her arrested.

This just also looks like what a PTSD response could be.